Is The General Public Really That Worried About This Virus?

[dave50]

I don't think the vast majority are. My wife and I were in a beer garden on Saturday, it was very busy, there wasn't much social distancing going on and everyone was having a good time. I spoke to a few people and they all said they aren't bothered anymore, fed up with the restrictions and nobody knew anyone who had the virus. They weren't all young people either, ages ranged from 20s to probably 70s. If that's a reflection of the mood in general around the country and I think it is, then any more talk of further lock downs does note bode well for the social cohesion of the country, people will start to rebel.

[mushroom25]

// Closure of airports and compulsory mask wearing are seen for what they are, horse / stable door interfaces, and will fade away in the near future. //

//A mask, distancing, and regular thorough hand-washing are hardly odious preventions......… that situation will remain until a vaccine is found and available. //

A vaccine is months away, maybe even years. even if a safe one is found, studies of antibody presence suggests that it will only confer limited immunity and could need topping up as frequently as twice a year. thus the "horse/stable door interfaces" won't be doing any fading away any time soon, and could be with us for years.

[Zacs-Master]

Based on current evidence, Covid-19 has the potential to kill more people and cause more hospitalisations than seasonal influenzas. However, it hasn’t done so yet, because so far it hasn’t spread as widely as seasonal flu.
https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-compare-influenza/

[KARL]

There are those who take the attitude displayed by nations when the epidemic was only "over there" and "they" were struggling but it was nothing for "us" to worry about because that would get in the way of life (....at the pub ?).

One guy joined the protests against government imposed restrictions, a large crowd was there shouting and waving placards. Something like two-plus weeks he said to the nice lady "I thought it (Covid) was a hoax, it isn't". The nice lady is a nurse and the two were alone because of the restrictions - he died in his isolation bed a few moments later, of Covid 19. That was in the glorious US-of-A, land of the free.

In the end everyone has certain room for disobedience and those anywhere near them are saddled with the risks this person takes in his/her contrariness/expression of freedom and they have no real say. The entire country ends up being a sort of polluted stream/river that others see from a distance and shake their heads, own worst enemy yet again (and other not so flattering things).

[KARL]

Dagman, you caught it in hospital, how many others I wonder and what does that tell us about the healthcare system ? I have tried to find out the proportion of deaths among those ever hospitalised and Covid positive (whether on arrival or once already in there). The figures are "unavailable" at ONS, NHS or PHE - does that suggest something other than simple ineptitude/incompetence ? I have an uncomfortable feeling on this one.

[Dagman]

I'm not sure how many, I was told the day I came out I had it. Then a week later, yes a week later letter informing me I was exposed to other carriers on the ward and should isolate! I already had it! And they knew, so the system is a shambles.

[Dagman]

Hey Zacs, that info is 5 months out of date, has it changed stance since? Would be interesting to see if it still holds water!